A compound in Xuzhou City has been completely taken over by a security company. Dong Shuheng was followed by Su Ting and several guards. The little girl Juan'er was also following Dong Shuheng in a military uniform. She had been depressed these days because she
Abandoned by the young lady, he still has to serve Dong Shuheng, who he hates, every day.
There is another person following Dong Shuheng today, and this person is Ai Nengqi. After the previous incident, Dong Shuheng realized that he could not leave his safety entirely to the security company. After all, they were soldiers and knew the ways of the world.
Very little.
Dong Shuheng found that as his power rose, he cherished his life more and more, perhaps because he had more worries! Therefore, he asked Ai Nengqi to transfer a group of martial arts masters from the special forces to form a team of internal guards. The internal guards
I usually follow him in casual clothes to protect him in the dark.
There is a lobby in the main room of the courtyard. At the top of the lobby are two Taishi chairs, lined up on both sides, with two rows of seats on each side. There is a tablet behind the Taishi chair, and in front of the tablet are incense and candle tributes. This is the founder of Tiandi Hui.
The memorial tablet of the ancestor.
There were thirty or forty people, both men and women, standing in the courtyard. Everyone gathered around Lu Feiyan. Before Dong Shuheng, Jiangsu's Tiandihui was basically presided over by Lu Feiyan. Feiyan was free and straightforward, with strong martial arts skills and cautious handling. Although she was young, she was well-liked by the society.
Supported by brothers in law.
After Dong Shuheng came in, everyone looked at him with curiosity. Several female hall leaders looked at him with a bit of amusement.
"Haha, our Feiyan's taste is quite good, look at the thin skin and tender meat!" A middle-aged woman with a gorgeous look said with a smile.
Lu Feiyan's little face suddenly turned red. At this time, a middle-aged man with a beard and a burly body next to Lu Feiyan said with a straight face: "Sister, please don't be rude to the helmsman. Are you treating me as nothing?"
"Hmph." The woman who was called Siniang snorted and turned away, refusing to argue with the middle-aged man.
"Forget it, Uncle Tiger, Si Niang is just used to being undisciplined. After all, she is in charge of the female concubine."
After saying that, Lu Feiyan and a group of people saluted Dong Shuheng. She was not in a hurry to introduce everyone to Dong Shuheng. Instead, she said first: "Shu Heng, according to the rules, you must first offer incense to the ancestor before you can officially take over as the helm."
The position of Lord. So we have to go to the lobby to hold a ceremony first." After all, she is Dong Shuheng's woman, and she talks to Dong Shuheng relatively casually.
With that said, Lu Feiyan led a group of people and surrounded Dong Shuheng into the lobby. Dong Shuheng originally thought he was going to pay homage to the Second Master Guan, but he didn't expect that he was going to pay homage to the founder of the Tiandihui. As an old hero, it is also appropriate to pay homage.
"Please give me your blessings, old man. We will take up your anti-Qing banner soon. At that time, we will randomly capture some of the most heinous Manchu princes and cut off their heads to commemorate you." Dong Shuheng thought as he paid his respects.
Of course, this ceremony is very complicated. Later generations of Hongmen were born out of the Qinggang, and the Qinggang is still their younger brother. There are so many rules in Hongmen, so worshiping the ancestor of the world will naturally not be simple.
Fortunately, Dong Shuheng worshiped sincerely, and there is no shame in kowtowing to the heroic senior.
After the ceremony, Dong Shuheng officially became the helmsman of the Jiangsu Tiandi Society. Next, there was a ceremony of allegiance to all the hall leaders. After cutting off the chicken heads and drinking blood wine, the relationship between Dong Shuheng and everyone was established.
As a subordinate in the Tiandihui, loyalty to the leader is the first priority, and it is restricted by strict organizational norms. Li Hu, the leader of the Xingtang hall just now, is responsible for this matter. Li Hu's relationship with the personnel in the hall is not very good
, because he enforces the rules within the association strictly and is unreasonable. Of course, a person like him is the most suitable for this position.
Later, Lu Feiyan introduced each hall master to Dong Shuheng one by one.
The execution hall is responsible for supervising and enforcing the rules within the meeting. The leader of the hall, Li Hu, is an impartial and selfless man.
The dark hall is responsible for detecting the news. The hall leader is Zheng Jian. This person is good at sneak tracking and has great light skills.
The martial arts hall is responsible for recruiting masters from the martial arts world and reserving talents for each hall. The master of the hall is Shen Yi. This Shen Yi himself is a master-level master.
The planning hall is responsible for formulating plans and making suggestions. The leader of the hall, Yan Shikun, is known as Yan Suanzi. He is proficient in the art of Guigu deduction.
"Isn't this just a blind fortune teller!" Dong Shuheng complained in his heart.
The Nvtang is responsible for managing all the brothels in the association. The owner of the hall is Zhou Hongying, known as Zhou Niang. This person... well, the special thing about her is that she knows many dignitaries.
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(Omit it later, otherwise it will be a little watery!)
Dong Shuheng suddenly felt as if he had traveled to the Water Margin and Liangshan. These were all a group of capable people and strangers!
"Everyone, although I am the helmsman, I am a newcomer in the Tiandihui. I don't know what you did before. But according to what I told Feiyan before, as long as the Manqing is finally destroyed, then, I
No matter what you did before, you must follow my plan now."
"Master, actually, before we recognize the master, our Jiangsu Heaven and Earth Society will always be in a semi-lurking state. According to the rules, we will not be born until we recognize the master. The last time I assassinated Qishan, I acted without permission to avenge myself." Lu Feiyan
He explained aloud.
"Well, to avoid confusion, I will briefly explain my plan to you."
"According to my plan, in the short term, we cannot directly overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because our biggest enemies now are the Western powers, that is, those foreigners. Once we corner the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing royal family is likely to jump over the wall and destroy our Han Dynasty.
Our country's land and country were given to foreigners in exchange for foreigners sending troops to help."
"Captain, I have some doubts. The foreigners are far away from me. Even if they want to interfere, it won't be enough to quench their thirst." Yan Shikun, the leader of the Conspiracy Hall, asked.
Dong Shuheng looked at Su Ting, who immediately understood and asked two soldiers to unfold a world map.
"Everyone, please see, this is a map of the world. If the foreigners intervene, their warships parked in Shanghai can immediately blockade the Yangtze River. The total force of Britain, France and the United States in the concession is about 5,000 people. Their warships can deliver these people to the coast.
Everywhere along the river. And we can't destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop. We must know that the total military strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the country is close to one million."
"And even if we capture Beijing, the Manchu and Qing royal families can still flee to Mongolia or the Northeast, or even escape to foreigners' ships. What should we do then? According to foreigners' international law, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are China's legal government after all. They
Then we will have an excuse to march into China, and some people in the country who are loyal to the Qing court will even cooperate with them to strangle us."
Then, Dong Shuheng pointed to Southeast Asia: "Most of these are foreign colonies. From here, they can quickly organize an army of ten thousand people and tens of thousands of servants. They can reach the coast of China within a week."
He then pointed to South Asia: "This is a British Indian colony with a large number of British troops stationed there. Moreover, India has a population of hundreds of millions, and hundreds of thousands of servants can be drawn out at any time. They can arrive by ship in less than a month.
arrived in China."
"Moreover, these countries have a strong industrial base and can continuously produce weapons and equipment. Fighting in China will stimulate the development of their domestic industries. But we have no industrial base at all, so why should we fight them with big swords?
"
Dong Shuheng looked at Ai Nengqi and said, "Xiao Ai is doing some exercise!"
As he spoke, he picked up a teacup on the table and threw it out the door. He saw Ai Nengqi pull out his pistol quickly, and without seeing him aiming, he heard a "bang" sound. The teacup shattered in the air.
"Master Shen, what do you think?"
"If it were an ordinary person holding a gun, I would be sure to dodge and attack the opponent at close range, but for this little brother, I am not sure. Has this little brother practiced?"
"This kid has been practicing the North Kick for a few years and is also a Shaolin grappler." Ai Nengqi said while cupping his hands.
"Oh, I'll give you a lesson another day!"
Seeing that the two men were eager to fight each other, Dong Shuheng quickly interrupted: "Times have changed. In the face of guns and cannons, personal bravery will become increasingly useless."
"Maybe people will say that we can go into the mountains and fight guerrillas with them, but what about the people? They will be ravaged by the foreign devils, and their lives will be precarious, and their lives will be worse than they are now. In this case, what is the point of overthrowing the Manchus?
After listening to Dong Shuheng's words today, everyone felt enlightened and suddenly enlightened. Lu Feiyan's eyes became brighter, and this was the man she had chosen. She had never heard Dong Shuheng say this before, and now she suddenly felt that Dong Shuheng was talking eloquently.
Like a wise man.
"So, we must keep a low profile and accumulate strength. Now the Taiping Army and the Nian Army are in rebellion, which has weakened the Qing government's control over the local area. We can just take advantage of the loopholes to control the local area and focus on development."
"The helmsman is talking about building walls high, hoarding supplies, becoming king slowly, and following the path of Ming Taizu." Yan Shikun asked.
"It can also be understood this way."
He looked at Lu Feiyan again and said: "I stopped you from killing Qishan before because this man is greedy for money, timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and he is now physically inconvenient, making it easier for us to control him. Now he is in charge of the military affairs of Beida camp and Liangjiang, so I can
If there is room for performance, if another person is in charge, how can we still do things?"
"Feiyan, as you have investigated, now I have basically controlled the entire Jiangbei. The tax expenditures of various states and counties have been taken over by my coordinating office. The defense work has also been taken over by the garrison and militia. Next, I will set up a court to take over
For local judicial power, a procuratorate is established to take charge of local supervisory power, and a police station is established to take over local security power.”
"In this way, we can turn the entire northern Jiangsu into our base. As the counter-insurgency work progresses, we will occupy more territory. But we cannot be anxious. We must occupy one site and build another site to establish our own industry as soon as possible.
Foundation. By then, with China’s abundant resources and large population base, we will no longer have to worry about foreign interference.”
"Everyone, this is a great era. I am very happy to join hands with you to drive out the Tartars and rebuild China."
"Drive out the Tartars and rebuild China!"
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Everyone also followed Dong Shuheng in saying this.
Only then did everyone feel the leadership qualities from Dong Shuheng. Although he looked so young, he seemed to have a mature heart.
"Everyone, since you have recognized me as the helmsman, I will naturally make an arrangement for you."
Starting today, I will gradually carry out a series of reorganizations of this association.
The Criminal Hall will be merged into the court to be established, with Li Hu serving as the chief judge of the High Court. Intermediate courts will be established in each prefecture, and courts will be established in states and counties to dispatch judges to hear cases. All cases will be heard in two final trials, and either party will
Anyone who is dissatisfied with the case can appeal to the higher court.
The Dark Hall was merged into the Intelligence Department to form the Operations Bureau of the Intelligence Department. Zheng Jian served as the deputy director of the Intelligence Department, assisting the director Ji Mingshan in his work, and also served as the director of the Operations Bureau. The Operations Bureau is responsible for the execution of specific operations of the Intelligence Department, such as assassinations, sabotage, and instigating rebellion.
, arrests, interrogations, etc. Dong Shuheng wants to give the Intelligence Department the power to take action, but also establishes a separate Operations Bureau, which is both subordinate to the Intelligence Bureau and relatively independent.
The martial arts hall was reorganized into the Chinese Jingwu Association, and martial arts halls were established in various places to attract martial arts masters. The main purpose was to promote Chinese martial arts, and at the same time, it also selected talents and sent them to the army for development. The master of Shen Tang served as the president of the Jingwu Association.
The Nvtang was merged into the Huaihai Group Entertainment Department, and some of them had to work part-time as spies in the Intelligence Department. Zhou Hongying served as the Entertainment Department Manager and Deputy Director of the Intelligence Department.
Each church in the Qinggang Gang will allocate manpower to establish a canal shipping company, and some people will be transferred to the newly established ocean-going fleet of the Huaihai Group. Another part of the people will go to other provinces to develop members, especially Fujian, Guangdong and other places.